Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Paris, France
Physical Description:
111 p. ; 25 cm
Call Number
306.099 UND [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37566
Legacy PEIN ID:
77576
General Notes
2 copies and also available online
Subject Heading(s)
Cultural Heritage in Oceania.
Abstract
Underwater Cultural Heritage encompasses all traces of human existence that lie or were lying under water and have a cultural, archaeological or historical character. Over the centuries, thousands of ships, entire cities, and even landscapes have been swallowed by the waves. Their remains now constitute a precious heritage, which attracts increasing attention from the scientifi c community and the public at large. Scientists are fi nding more and more unique traces of the history of humanity under water. The oldest human remains in the Americas have been discovered in a fl ooded cave, the waters of the Mediterranean hide the remains of one of the Wonders of the World, the Pharos of Alexandria. Neanderthalian hunting grounds and painted caves have been found under water, as have been Maya sacrifi cial sites and ancient pile dwellings, and last but not least, immense and tragic shipwrecks fi re the imagination and expectation of scientists and the public.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
Paris, France
Physical Description:
111 p. ; 25 cm
Call Number
306.099 UND [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37566
Legacy PEIN ID:
77576
General Notes
2 copies and also available online
Record Created: 23-Nov-2010
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021